Joseph cabby and william hubeet kinch



(No Model.)

J. OABRY & W. H. KIN'OH.

PERMANENT WAY FOR RAILWAYS, &0.

Patented Nov. 13, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EFICE.

JOSEPH OABRY AND WILLIAM HUBERT KINOH, OF DARLINGTON, COUNTY OFDURHAM,ENGLAND.

PERMANENT WAY FOR RAILWAYS, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,849, dated November13, 188 9. Application filed April 6, 1888. Serial No. 269,882. (Nomodel.) Patented in England August 24, 1887, No. 11,530.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JosEPH CABRY and WILLIAM HUBERT KINOH, subjects ofthe Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, both residing at Darlington, inthe county of Durham, Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, haveinvented Improvements in Permanent Ways for Railways and Tramways, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object improvements in permanent ways forrailways and tramways constructed with sleepers of the kind in whichthere are two jaws formed out of the substance of the sleeper orattached thereto, between which the flange of the rail is placed and inwhich it is secured by an iron or steel key. The jaws are so formed andarranged and proportioned to the rail and key used in combinationtherewith that one jaw, which is made considerably longer than theother, shall partially or entirely overlap the key, and also shalloverlap a part of the flange of the rail, when in place, in such amanner that, with the longer jaw arranged at the inner side of the rail,the latter will be retained between the jaws even in the event of a keyor keys coming out. With this arrangement, in order to place a rail inposition it is slightly tilted and one side of its flange is passedunder the longer jaw, when there will be sufficient space to-allow theother side of the flange to clear the shorter jaw. The rail is thenlowered onto the sleeper and moved laterally, so as to bring one side ofthe flange under the shorter jaw, and a key is inserted and driven homebetween the other side of the rail-flange and the longerjaw.

-In some cases in conjunction with said jaws we provide studs orprojections formed out of the substance of the sleeper to serve asabutments, against which the outside edge of the flange of the rail canbear in such a manner as to insure the permanency of the gage of therailway.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal verticalsection, and Fig. 2 a plan or top View, of a cross sleeper constructedaccording to thisinvention. Fig. 3 represents, in plan or top view, partof such a sleeper drawn to a larger scale. Figs. 4 and 5 arelongitudinal vertical sections of the same portion of sleeper in thelines A B and O D, re spectively, of Fig. 3.

1 and 2 are jaws formed out of the material of the sleeper, the innerjaw, 2, of each pair being made longer than the outer jaw, 1.

4: is a rail, and 3 a key for securing the same in place between thejaws 1 and 2, forming a pair.

Each pair of jaws 1 2 is formed and arranged, as shown, so that when arail has been inserted in place between them, in the mannerhereinbet'ore described, the jaw 2 partially, as shown, or, it may be,entirely, overlaps the key 3, and also overlaps part of the innerportion of the flange of the rail.

5 5 are studs or projections formed out of the substance of the sleeper.They serve as abutments for the outside edge of the railflange, asshown, for the purpose hereinbefore mentioned.

WVhat we claim is- 1. In permanent ways for railways or tramways, asleeper constructed with jaws 1 and 2 in pairs, the one jaw longer thanthe other, so as to overlap the flange of a rail, in combination withstuds or projections 5, formed out of the substance of the sleeper, toserve as abutments for the outside edge of the rail-flange,substantially as described.

2. In permanent ways for railways and tramways, the combination of asleeper constructed with an outer jaw, 1, and an inner jaw, 2, and withstuds or projections 5, formed out of the substance of the sleeper,arail, 4, and akey, 3, said inner jaw, 2, overlapping or partiallyoverlapping said key 3 and also part of the inner portion of the flangeof said rail, and said studs or projections 5 serving as abutments forthe outside edge of the rail-flange, as described, for the purposespecified.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH OABRY. WILLIAM HUBERT KINGH.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS BRAMLEY, JOHN BIROHALL KENT, Boh of 36 Priestgate, Darlington,Solicitors Zerks.

